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fforsythiaaa

Once when I was in undergrad, someone described something as “problematic” in class and our professor was like, “That’s cool, but ‘problematic’ doesn’t really mean anything. It means that the thing you’re describing has a problem, and in and of itself that’s not bad. Art, especially, should always have problems, or else it’s not interesting and not art, either. It sounds like you’re trying to say that this is bad, but you don’t want to say ‘bad.’ Is that right?”

So from then on whenever one of us called something problematic, he would make us talk it out until we could name the “bad” thing we were hinting at. In this particular class, 7/10 it was some type of oppression, and the remainder was like, “I’m uncomfortable because this is very new/confusing/pushing boundaries that made me feel safe.”

Once we stopped calling things “problematic” and stopping at that, class got way more interesting and... we all had to say, like, “that’s racist” or “that’s misogynistic” or “ew capitalism gross” out loud, which a lot of us had never done in a classroom before. Or we had to be like, “Uhhh... I’m not sure what’s so bad?” and confront our own beliefs and that was maybe even more useful.

Anyway. Whenever I see the word problematic, I can’t help but think of this professor being like, “Good starting point, now let’s get specific.” I think when we have to commit to saying “that’s ___” it requires a lot more careful thought about the truth and impact and complexities of whatever we’re claiming. Sometimes there really is some bullshit afoot, and also sometimes it’s art, and it should be full of problems, because that’s what art is.

hypokeimena

#'this is present in the text' is often a good first step #but those second and third ones (naming it; describing its function) are vital (via @elucubrare)

mionghairearracht

to be fair when the word initially came about it was often used as a shorthand to say "hey there are some issues with this that aren't hugely bigoted but it does deserve some discussion" and opening up talks around things.

it was also used when people wanted to discuss themes and tropes that had multiple issues where the root or how things reflected into life isn't perfectly clear.

the internet being what it is that quickly got lost and it became the word that essentially means " this is bad no more discussion", rather then an invitation to start one.

dovewithscales

Completely true. Ultimately the core problem I think is that social media and the way humans interact on the internet creates massive pressure explicitly against critical thinking and acknowledging the existence of nuance.

#reminding myself to use this framework in the classroom always #extremely important for people to be specific and confront their initial reactions to things #rb #teaching #<- can’t believe I didn’t already have a teaching tag actually. well #starting one now.

mickanism

bill and bliklotep thoughts

pixllated

YES OH HOW I LOVE YOU BILL WOODWARD

#this is so sick #I need to rewatch watcher world #number one bill woodward fan of all time #rb #art rb #hatchetfield #starkid

strawberry-sweet-vampire

Shakes the Starkid Fandom by the sholders. BILL is Paul's best friend. Not Ted. Paul babysat ALICE for BILL. He offers to get BILL a caramel frappe from Beanies. He's comfortable with BILL. BILL is his friend. BILL. BILL WOODWARD. WILLIAM WOODWARD WHO IS PLAYED BY ACTOR COREY DORRIS. HE IS PAUL'S BFF.

#the people need to know #rb #starkid #hatchetfield

mae-maia

Me when someone calls bill homophobic because he “didn’t support Alice” when he was actually extremely supportive of her identity, he just thought her current girlfriend was a bad influence

#I hc that bill listens to so much gay pop in a hashtag ally move but he doesn’t realize Alice exclusively listens to like #Clairo and other sad lesbian music #while bill is gaga and xcx-ing it up in support #fhdgjfhdj #rb #hatchetfield #starkid

mylivingend

enjoy thiss I made for one of my classes

#scrolling the bill tag #doing my research #gonna be the number one bill understander for this role #(trust me I’m already on the leaderboard I just wanna get even higher on it fhdgfjdh)#rb #hatchetfield #starkid

Pride month is off to a VERY homophobic start for me because what do you MEAN I can’t see my girlfriend OR go to musical rehearsals for ten days

#made two friends at callbacks and we all made it in the principle cast which is so hype and now I can’t hang out with THEM either?? fucked.#and the show is tgwdlm which makes this even more homophobic #happy pride #tgwdlm